Planter



L. F. WHITE.

PLANTER.

I v APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1920. 1,382,945, Patented June 28, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- L. F.-WHITE.

PLANTER.

*APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1920.

Patented June 28,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS r. WHITE, or romp, Wns'r VIRGINIA.

PLANTEB).

Application filed May 15,

Z '0 all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS F. W'nirn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pond, in the county of Boone and State of West Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in planters, and it is anobject of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of thisgeneral character wherein the dropping mechanism embodies areciprocatory member or shutter coacting with a plir rality of hoppers,preferably two in number, and whereby the seeds from within each of thehoppers maybe dropped.

It is also an object of the, invention to pro vide a novel and improveddevice of this general character embodying a wheel supported beam havingmounted thereon a plurality of hoppers, together with means coactingwith said hoppers and operable from the supporting wheel to drop theseeds within the hoppers. a

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arragement of the several parts of my. improved planterwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of myinvention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, illustrating aplanter constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View, illustrating in detailthe reciprocating shuttle or piston and the means for operating the sameand Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, B denotes a beam of requisitedimensions and which is provided at one end with a clevis 1, or thelike, whereby suitable draft rigging may be hitched thereto. In thepresent embodiment of my invention, I dis- Speeification ofLetterslatent. V Patented June 28, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 381,670.

close a device which is particularly adapted to be drawn by a singledraft animal although I do not wish to be understoodas limiting myselfin this respect. 7

Secured to the rear portion of the beam B and extending laterallytherefrom is a frame F and rotatably supported by 1 the outerside member2 of the frame F and the adjacent portion of the beam B is atransversely disposed shaft 3. Fixed to the shaft 3 within the frame Fis a ground engaging or supporting wheel W, of desired diameter. iilsofixed to the shaft 3 at a desired distance inwardly of the wheel WV is atrip wheel or member 4 having produced in its peripheral portion aplurality of circumferentially spaced openings 5 in each of which isadapted to be threaded a tripmember or finger 6. The members or fingers6 may be readily applied or removed as the occasions of practice mayrequire.

Supported by the beam B is a cylinder C extending longitudinally thereofand which is provided in its under wall at substantially its center witha relatively large opening 7 having its side portions defined by theoutstanding fianges 8.

Arranged upon the cylinder C is a hopper H. with theupper portion of thewall of the cylinder C constituting the bottom of said hopper. The lowerside marginal portions of the hopper II are defined by .the outstandingflanges 9, resting upon the gfianges Sand bolted or otherwise securedthereto. The hopper His further maintained in applied position by thestays 10 bolted or otherwise secured bothto the beam 13 and the walls ofthe hopper H. The hopper H is divided into twocompartments, m and 3 by asubstantially central partition 11 and the upper wall of the cylinder Cis provided with a pair of openings 12, each of which being incommunication with one of the compartments as or y.

Snugly fitting within the cylinder C and having rectilinear orreciprocatory movementtherein is a hollow shuttle or piston 14 havingits inner end portion closed by a head 15. Engaged with the outer endportion of the piston or shuttle 14: is a bolt or lug 16 dependingthrough a slot 17 extending longitudinally of the lower wall of thecylinder 0 and which bolt or lug is of a length to intersect the path oftravel of the members or fingers 6 so that said piston or shuttle willbe intermittently moved instantly urged in the opposite direction wardlyupon rotation. of the trip wheel or member 4:. The piston or shuttle 1 1is con through the instrumentality of the expansive member or coilspring 18 interposed between the head and the adjacent head 18 of thecylinder G. The upper wall of the piston or shuttle 14 is provided witha pair of longitudinally spaced openings 20 which, when the piston orshuttle 14 is at the limit of its inward movement by contact of a finger6 with the lug 16 registers with t 1e openings 12 so that the seedswithin the compartments :0 and y will enter within the shuttle or piston14: and will drop through the opening 7 Underlying the opening 7 is theenlarged upper end portion 21 of a seed chute S and the upper sidemargins of said portion 21 of the chute S are defined by the outstandingflanges 22 which are also secured to the flanges 8. The lower'portion 23of the chute constitutes a tube-which leads to and terminatesin closeproximity to a lister plow P,

adjusted with respect to the adjacent opening 12 so that the feedthrough the opening may be varied as may berequired and the clampingscrew 27 operates to maintaln said plate fixed in its desiredadjustment.

In practice, the compartments and y are each adapted to contain aparticular kind of seed, such as seed corn in one compartment and beanseeds in the second compartment, as the device is particularly adaptedto plant corn and beans at the same time. When required, either of theopenings 12 may be closed by its coacting and regulator plate 25 so thatonly one kind of seed will be dropped.

Coacting with each of the openings It will also be understood that byremoving certain of the fingers or members 6, the space between. thehills may be varied as best meets the requirements of practice.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that aplanter constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmay be assembled "and operated, and it will also be obvious that myinvention is susceptible of some changeand modification withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason: ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in. carryingout my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim i A planter including a cylinder having an opening in its lowerwall, the upper portions of the opening being defined by outstandingflanges, a hopper imposed upon the cylinder, the top wall ofthe cylinderconstituting the bottom of the hopper, said hopper being provided withoutstanding flanges overlying the flanges of the cylinder, means forsecuring said overlying flanges together, the bottom of the hopper beingprovided with an opening affording communication between the interior ofthe hopper and the interior of the cylinder, a tubular shuttle movablewithin'the cylinder, means intermittently moving the tubular shuttle inone direction, automatic means for moving the shuttle in the oppositedirection, said shuttle being provided with an opening in its wall toregister with the opening in the bottom a LEWIS r. WHITE.

